Learning Reimagined

12 Study Tips for Learning Business English Faster Learning a language is not an isolated activity. After spending a year immersed in the language learning market, a key takeaway was just how collaborative learning a language needs to be. Organizations and individuals who invest need to understand that part-time investment …

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Windows 10s for Education: Microsoft Not Giving Schools to Google With the release of Microsoft Windows 10 S laptops Microsoft makes a bid bid to compete, if not reclaim, the mindshare in education. Long-tested theory suggests that the machines people learn on in school become the machines they want to …

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How personalized learning can reshape education Buy the textbook. Attend lectures. Take tests. Get graded on a curve. This is the way most people remember their college or university learning experience. Learners, however, are a diverse group, with a wide range of personal histories, different approaches to learning, and varying degrees …

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Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century? BYOD (bring your own device) is being adopted by hundreds of schools due to its positive impact on learning. See how it’s shaping education. Source: BYOD Is Shaping Education in the 21st Century I think we must be very cautious about BYOD in education from an …

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Ten Precepts for Good Higher Education Strategy Download the PDF of this post here. Download the expanded version, Planning at the Speed of Change: Creating Good Strategy in Higher Education, here. Higher education faces disruption from innovations in technology and business models. These disruptions threaten the relevancy of existing institutions and …

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Education and Legislation There was a discussion about education this morning among the congressional republican leadership in Washington D.C. around 529 savings accounts and a move toward local funding (you can see it here on C-SPAN). Neither issue is as clear cut as was suggested by the rhetoric. In particular, …

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Strategic planning next steps: first in a series on strategy in higher education I was brought into a community college district to present on strategic planning. This was not a kick-off meeting where I offered guidance on the process. Quite the opposite. This was a meeting held the quarter following …

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The creation of the matrix is the most intellectually challenging analysis that takes place during a scenario planning project, and also the intuitive. Because of this dual nature, it is also the most difficult to teach because the process uses and combination of implicit and tacit knowledge. This blog post …

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The focal question in scenario planning acts as an anchor and as a fence. It anchors the project so that people are clear about what they are solving for. “The future of learning” will pull in dialog about learning, acting like gravity, placing appropriate ideas, concepts and evidence in orbit, …

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Download the entire paper here. 1. Workforce Dynamics Key Dynamic: Will the workforce effectively integrate, or will generational issues result in bifurcation? What skill gaps and needs for knowledge will emerge as each generation seeks to define its future? 2. Globalization Key Dynamic: Will the global economy march to ever …

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